The Southern Company (SO)
The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the sale of electricity.
Scored against other Utilities stocks, not a fixed scale.
The quick read
The Southern Company is right in the middle: the good and the not-so-good roughly cancel out.
- What's working
- It keeps a bigger share of each dollar it brings in than most other utilities.
- Worth watching
- No major weak spots stand out in the data right now.
Analyst price target
~12-month · 19 analystsPublished targets from Wall Street analysts (public data) — what analysts expect over roughly a year. This is not a StockGlow forecast and not a recommendation. Analyst targets are frequently wrong.
About The Southern Company
The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the sale of electricity. The company offers electric service to retail customers and wholesale customers; and energy-related products and services to natural gas choice markets…
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Utilities - Regulated Electric
- Employees
- 29,502
- Headquarters
- Atlanta, GA
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What’s behind the score
Valuation
P/E 22.0 — lower than 30% of Utilities peers
P/B 2.7 — lower than 10% of Utilities peers
P/S 3.5 — lower than 20% of Utilities peers
EV/EBITDA 12.7 — lower than 60% of Utilities peers
EV/Revenue 6.0 — lower than 30% of Utilities peers
PEG 2.1 — lower than 60% of Utilities peers
FCF yield -3.7% — higher than 80% of Utilities peers
Profitability & quality
Gross margin 48.3% — higher than 70% of Utilities peers
Operating margin 29.6% — higher than 90% of Utilities peers
Net margin 15.4% — higher than 60% of Utilities peers
ROE 11.5% — higher than 80% of Utilities peers
ROA 3.3% — higher than 100% of Utilities peers
Free cash flow is -84% of reported net income
Financial health
Debt/equity 1.8 — lower than 0% of Utilities peers
Current ratio 0.79 — higher than 50% of Utilities peers
Quick ratio 0.44 — higher than 60% of Utilities peers
Cash/debt 0.04 — higher than 80% of Utilities peers
Debt/EBITDA 5.41 — lower than 80% of Utilities peers
Growth
Revenue growth 0.1% YoY — higher than 40% of Utilities peers
Earnings growth 30.4% YoY — higher than 80% of Utilities peers
Ownership & investor activity
Payout ratio 71.8% — somewhat unusual vs Utilities peers
Net insider selling, -0.1% of insider shares
Institutions net sold, -8.5% of shares held
Insiders hold 0.1% of shares outstanding
2.5% of float sold short
Momentum
Mixed vs its moving averages
53% of the way from its 52-week low to high